On This Day

Tuesday, April 27, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 6 1 .857 --
Red Sox 8 2 .800 -0.5
Indians 7 2 .778 0.0
Senators 4 5 .444 3.0
Yankees 4 5 .444 3.0
Browns 3 4 .429 3.0
Athletics 2 6 .250 4.5
Tigers 0 9 .000 7.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 7 3 .700 --
Robins 7 3 .700 0.0
Pirates 6 3 .667 0.5
Cardinals 5 6 .455 2.5
Phillies 4 5 .444 2.5
Braves 3 4 .429 2.5
Giants 3 5 .375 3.0
Cubs 2 8 .200 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Doc Johnston 3
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 Larry Gardner 2
2 Rogers Hornsby 2
2 4 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Verne Clemons 2
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 Happy Felsch 1
2 Charlie Jamieson 1
2 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Graney 1
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Stan Coveleski 0.33
2 Jesse Haines 0.30
3 Dutch Ruether 0.22
4 Red Faber 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Stan Coveleski 3
1 Jesse Haines 3
3 Red Faber 2
3 Dutch Ruether 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Doc Johnston .500
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .480
3 Rogers Hornsby .478
4 Morrie Rath .463
5 Eddie Collins .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 2
2 Gavvy Cravath 1
2 Joe Dugan 1
2 Cliff Heathcote 1
2 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Turner Barber 11
2 Rogers Hornsby 10
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 10
4 Larry Gardner 9
4 2 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Braggo Roth 6
2 Max Carey 5
3 Harry Hooper 4
3 Sam Rice 4
5 6 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Doak 0.00
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.00
1 Jesse Winters 0.00
4 Joe Oeschger 0.31
5 Eddie Cicotte 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 4
2 Babe Adams 3
2 Lefty Williams 3
4 Jim Bagby 2
4 15 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 18
2 Dutch Ruether 17
2 Bob Shawkey 17
4 Bill Doak 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Causey 1
1 Jesse Haines 1
1 Earl Hamilton 1
1 Hugh McQuillan 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .372
2 Bobby Veach .351
3 George Sisler .351
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .346
5 Rogers Hornsby .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 28
2 Gavvy Cravath 13
3 Tillie Walker 12
4 Home Run Baker 10
4 George Sisler 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 108
2 Bobby Veach 106
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 101
4 Harry Heilmann 94
4 Duffy Lewis 94

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 40
2 George Cutshaw 36
3 Sam Rice 33
4 Ty Cobb 31
4 Cliff Heathcote 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.62
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.80
3 Fred Toney 1.81
4 Babe Adams 1.88
5 Dutch Ruether 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 30
2 Stan Coveleski 28
3 Jesse Barnes 26
4 Lefty Williams 24
5 4 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 148
1 Hippo Vaughn 148
3 Bob Shawkey 144
4 Pete Alexander 138
5 Stan Coveleski 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 5
1 Bob Shawkey 5
1 Jim Shaw 5
4 Stan Coveleski 4
4 2 others tied 4